Free Printable Philo Educ 101

1.

The premise that society is in need of constant change belongs to:

a)

pragmatism

b)

reconstructionism

c)

realism

d)

behaviorism

2.

He was considered as the founder of social reconstructionism.

a)

George Counts

b)

Theodore Brameld

c)

Karl Marx

d)

John Dewey

3.

One method of this philosophy of education is to direct the attention of learners toward arousing interest in public activism.

a)

pragmatism

b)

reconstructionism

c)

realism

d)

behaviorism

4.

John Dewey did not champion radical solutions.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

These philosophers believe that knowledge acquired through the senses is true.

a)

idealists

b)

pragmatists

c)

realists

d)

reconstructionists

6.

According to Aristotle, all things have a rational position or purpose, and a person who follows a true purpose leads a rational life of moderation, avoiding extremes.

a)

pragmatism

b)

syllogism

c)

Golden Mean

d)

dialectical materialism

7.

This philosopher believed that the mind is like a "tabula rasa" or a blank sheet of paper.

a)

John Locke

b)

Francis Bacon

c)

John Dewey

d)

Theodore Brameld

8.

One cardinal objective of this philosophy of education is "to know thyself."

a)

realism

b)

idealism

c)

pragmatism

d)

reconstructionism

9.

In general, _____ believes that ideas are the only true reality.

a)

realism

b)

phenomenology

c)

idealism

d)

postmodernism

10.

The role of the teacher in this philosophy of education is to be a subject matter expert.

a)

pragmatism

b)

realism

c)

existentialism

d)

postmodernism

11.

This is a philosophy that encourages us to seek out the processes and do the things that work best to help us achieve desirable ends in a democratic setting.

a)

realism

b)

idealism

c)

pragmatism

d)

behaviorism

12.

The work of this man on natural selection rocked the philosophical world of Plato who forwards the notion of essences and universals.

a)

Aristotle

b)

Darwin

c)

Bacon

d)

Locke

13.

This philosopher believed in the centrality of experience.

a)

Aristotle

b)

John Dewey

c)

Immanuel Kant

d)

Francis Bacon

14.

The primary aim of behaviorist techniques is to change behavior and direct it to more desirable conditions.

a)

true

b)

false

c)

it depends

15.

This group of philosophers considers the child to be an organism who already is programmed before coming to school.

s

a)

pragmatists

b)

behaviorists

c)

idealists

d)

analytic philosophers

16.

Is it true that teachers since time immemorial have used behavioral techniques of one kind or another in their classrooms or interaction with their students in teaching-learning situations?

a)

true

b)

false

17.

Who does not belong to the group?

Soren Kierkegaard

Wilhelm Nietzsche

Jean-Paul Sarte

Thomas Hobbes

a)

Soren Kierkegaard

b)

Wilhelm Nietzche

c)

Jean-Paul Sarte

d)

Thomas Hobbes

18.

The belief that "existence precedes essence" describes the philosophy of existentialists like Sartre.

a)

False

b)

True

19.

Philosophers disagree because they view things from different points of view and with different assumptions.

a)

It depends.

b)

False

c)

True

20.

One method of this philosophy of education is to direct the attention of learners toward arousing interest in public activism.

pragmatism

reconstructionism

realism

behaviorism

a)

behaviorism

b)

realism

c)

pragmatism

d)

reconstructionism

21.

This philosophy of education prefers the direct method of teaching and that "non-essential" learning should be eliminated.

a)

pragmatism

b)

realism

c)

existentialism

d)

postmodernism

22.

One cardinal objective of this philosophy of education is "to know thyself."

a)

pragmatism

b)

reconstructionism

c)

idealism

d)

reconstructionism

23.

In general, _____ believes that ideas are the only true reality.

a)

realism

b)

postmodernism

c)

phenomenology

d)

idealism

24.

Reality is not to be found in Being, but in Becoming. This is the idea of the philosophy of ______.

a)

idealism

b)

pragmatism

c)

postmodernism

d)

realism

25.

"Modern students seem like robots surveying bits and scraps of everything, thereby obtaining an 'education' with little depth, operating on the basis of rules rather than inner convictions."

This statement is a criticism hurled by the philosophy called _____ against other educational philosophies.

a)

reconstructionism

b)

pragmatism

c)

idealism

d)

realism

26.

This philosopher believed that people should use philosophy to help them be more 'experimental' in their approach to social problems by testing ideas and proposals reflectively before acting on them and by constant appraisal and reflective assessments of results after trying out ideas and proposals in practice.

a)

Dewey

b)

Foucault

c)

Watson

d)

Aristotle

27.

This philosopher, together with like-minded philosophers, believed that education is a necessity of life because it renews people so that they can face problems encountered through their interactions with their environment.

a)

Aristotle

b)

Dewey

c)

Skinner

d)

Sartre

28.

________ in known for his studies of the reflex reactions in humans and animals and devised conditioning experiments.

a)

Watsons

b)

Dewey

c)

Pavlov

d)

Sartre

29.

Student's action involves questioning, seeking information and knowledge of the conditions that affect them, and growing in understanding and ability to manage their lives and to participate fruitfully in society. This statement refers to

a)

eastern philosophy

b)

postmodernism

c)

pragmatism

d)

existentialism

30.

"Teachers are not merely imparting knowledge which the students are passively receiving. The teacher's actions involves arranging the learning environment, guiding student learning activities, and helping students locate knowledge and integrate it into their own experiences."

These statements refer to

a)

eastern philosophy

b)

pragmatism

c)

postmodernism

d)

realism

31.

Student's action involves questioning, seeking information and knowledge of the conditions that affect them, and growing in understanding and ability to manage their lives and to participate fruitfully in society. This statement refers to

existentialism

eastern philosophy

postmodernism

pragmatism

a)

eastern philosophy

b)

postmodernism

c)

pragmatism

d)

existentialism

32.

People do not create knowledge, but rather they discover it. This is a thought from _______.

a)

realism

b)

pragmatism

c)

behaviorism

d)

idealism

33.

These philosophers generally agree that education should encourage students to focus on all things of lasting value and not only to stress the development of the mind.

a)

idealists

b)

pragmatists

c)

behaviorists

d)

realists

34.

The aims of this philosophy are search for truth, self-realization, and character development.

a)

realism

b)

behaviorism

c)

phenomenology

d)

idealism

35.

This philosophy of education prefers flexible educational methods that can be used in various ways because there is no single way to educate. Also, this philosophy is partial towards having functional schools.

a)

behaviorism

b)

postmodernism

c)

pragmatism

d)

realism

36.

This group of philosophers rejects separating knowledge from experience and fragmenting or compartmentalizing knowledge because the latter focused attention on subjects rather than on the child's experience with learning.

a)

idealists

b)

phenomenologists

c)

pragmatists

d)

behaviorists

37.

Student's action involves questioning, seeking information and knowledge of the conditions that affect them, and growing in understanding and ability to manage their lives and to participate fruitfully in society. This statement refers to

a)

eastern philosophy

b)

postmodernism

c)

pragmatism

d)

existentialism

38.

He is called the Father of Behaviorism.

a)

Watson

b)

Dewey

c)

Skinner

d)

Pavlov

39.

This philosophy of education makes use of rewards and punishments to bring about behavioral changes in students.

behaviorism

a)

existentialism

b)

postmodernism

c)

eastern philosophy

d)

behaviorism

40.

The approach is scientific and research-based, and researchers/teachers can point to measurable success with this method. What is this?

pragmatism

a)

reconstructionism

b)

behaviorism

c)

phenomenology

d)

pragmatism

41.

_____ inquires more specifically on the "lived experience" of individuals, and how these are educationally significant.

a)

realism

b)

phenomenology

c)

postmodernism

d)

analytic philosophy

42.

Existentialism insists that a good education would make people recognize that the individual is an emotional and irrational creature and is as much as or more than an unemotional and rational one.

a)

False

b)

True

43.

This philosophy of education is against this: that a student is filled with, measured against, or fitted against some standard. This philosophy recommends that students be looked at as individuals and that they be allowed to take a positive role in the shaping of their own education and life.

a)

postmodernism

b)

phenomenology

c)

existentialism

d)

pragmatism

44.

"Every present is conditioned by the past, but every present is also pregnant with future possibilities for change and new directions. To accomplish this kind of educational approach and outcome, the teacher must understand that the chief requirement is to help students explore the world and to help open up possibilities of the world for them." The quoted statements are beliefs of teachers that have what philosophy of education?

a)

eastern philosophy

b)

analytic philosophy

c)

phenomenology

d)

reconstructionism

e)

behaviorism

45.

This philosophy of education abhors a metanarrative, or a universal voice for al human experience.

a)

analytic philosophy

b)

eastern philosophy

c)

postmodernism

d)

existentialism

e)

phenomenology

46.

Who does not belong to the group?

a)

Derrida

b)

Sartre

c)

Giroux

d)

Foucalt

47.

This philosophy of education is against this: that a student is filled with, measured against, or fitted against some standard. This philosophy recommends that students be looked at as individuals and that they be allowed to take a positive role in the shaping of their own education and life.

a)

postmodernism

b)

existentialism

c)

pragmatism

d)

phenomenology

48.

"Every present is conditioned by the past, but every present is also pregnant with future possibilities for change and new directions. To accomplish this kind of educational approach and outcome, the teacher must understand that the chief requirement is to help students explore the world and to help open up possibilities of the world for them." The quoted statements are beliefs of teachers that have what philosophy of education?

a)

phenomenology

b)

analytical philosophy

c)

eastern philosophy

d)

behaviorism

e)

reconstructionism

49.

This philosophy of education abhors a metanarrative, or a universal voice for al human experience.

a)

analytic philosophy

b)

eastern philosophy

c)

postmodernism

d)

phenomenology

e)

existentialism

50.

Who does not belong to the group?

a)

Giroux

b)

Sartre

c)

Derrida

d)

Foucalt

51.

The proponents of this philosophy of education promote a curriculum that includes 'marginal/ knowledge and 'discourses of difference' organized around such issues as gender, race, ethnicity, and class identity, elevating these marginal issues to equitable or even superior standing with traditional curriculum cannons.

a)

pragmatism

b)

analytical philosophy

c)

postmodernism

d)

phenomenology

e)

existentialism

52.

This is a technique used by postmodernists who examine the content or 'text' to see how it shapes one's notion of difference (race, gender, and so on) and how it contributes to elevating some segments of society to power and affluence but reduces others to subaltern status.

a)

mathematical logic

b)

Socratic Q and A

c)

syllogism

d)

deconstructionism

e)

dialectical materialism

53.

Giroux seeks social change and justice by emphasizing marginal discourse and the politics of difference to redefine relations and logic between margin and the center of society. What philosophy is this?

a)

Existentialism

b)

Marxism

c)

Realism

d)

postmodernism

54.

The aim of education is freedom from oppression. What philosophy is this?

a)

realism

b)

pragmatism

c)

postmodernism

d)

existentialism

55.

This group of philosophers believe that the school curriculum should not be made as discrete subjects and disciplines, but should include issues of power, history, personal and group identities, cultural politics and social activism leading to collective action.

a)

Marxism

b)

Postmodernism

c)

Realism

d)

Pragmatism

56.

Philosophers disagree because they view things from different points of view and with different assumptions.

a)

It depends.

b)

True

c)

False

57.

'Philosophers are reflective and critical.'

Which of the following choices does not explain the above statement?

a)

Philosophers take a second look at the material presented by common sense.

b)

Philosophers attempt to think impartially through a variety of life's problems and to face all the facts involved.

c)

Different philosophers having different ideologies and ways of life tend to have different types of philosophies.

58.

Philosophers and scientists are the same in the way they study reality.

a)

True

b)

False

59.

This is the branch of philosophy which studies the questions concerning the nature of reality or existence.

a)

axiology

b)

metaphysics

c)

epistemology

60.

This is the branch of philosophy which studies the questions covering the nature of knowledge and how they are attained and evaluated.

a)

ontology

b)

axiology

c)

epistemology

d)

metaphysics

61.

This is the branch of philosophy which studies the question of values.

(a)

62.

This is the study of moral principles and attempts to establish rational grounds.

(a)

63.

Which does not belong to the group?

a)

axiology

b)

epistemology

c)

metaphysics

d)

ontology

64.

Knowledge attained through the senses is characterized as:

metaphysical

empirical

sensical

a)

sensical

b)

empirical

c)

metaphysical

65.

Buddhist philosophy delves into concepts such as Karma, dharma, and moksha (liberation from the cycle of birth and rebirth)

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Uncertain

66.

Dharma, a Hindu concept, refers to the moral and ethical duties and responsibilities that individuals must fulfill in their lives. It encompasses personal, social, and cosmic obligations.

a)

False

b)

True

c)

Uncertain

67.

Questions about the origin, nature and development of the universe as an orderly system are considered the _____ aspect of metaphysics.

a)

cosmological

b)

anthropological

c)

theological

d)

ontological

68.

Are individual's actions predesigned, or are they free agents? This question is an example of ________ question.

a)

metaphysical

b)

epistemological

c)

axiological

69.

This is a source of knowledge which presupposes a transcendent supernatural reality that breaks into the natural order.

revelation

(a)

70.

This source of knowledge is characterized by intuitive feeling rather than by conscious reasoning. It is a "eureka" or "AHA" moment.

(a)

71.

The benchmark of all sources of knowledge is ________.

a)

intuition

b)

reason

c)

empiricism

d)

authority

e)

revelation

72.

'Educere' means _______.

a)

the act of teaching or training

b)

to lead out or draw out

c)

none of the above

d)

to rise up or bring up or nourish

73.

"The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways. The point, however, is to change it."

a)

John Dewey

b)

Karl Marx

c)

Hegel

d)

Plato

74.

The _____ of Hegel goes this way: thesis, anti-thesis and synthesis.

a)

historical analysis

b)

content analysis

c)

dialectics

d)

dialogue

e)

syllogism

75.

Eastern educational theories include Taoism, Buddhism, and Christianity, among others.

true

false

a)

False

b)

True

76.

In Eastern educational system, educators are viewed as:

activist role models

a)

moral role models

b)

pragmatic role models

c)

scientific role models

d)

activist role models

77.

The curriculum's focus in this type of education is on recognizing uniqueness, finding one's own purpose in life, and grappling with issues of one's own life.

a)

idealism

b)

existentialism

c)

post modernism

d)

reconstructionism

78.

He is the father of existentialism.

a)

Plato

b)

Dewey

c)

Kierkegaard

d)

Sartre

79.

This philosophy emphasizes on subjectivism, local facts, interdisciplinary methods, individual and cultural differences versus objectivity, unified knowledge, disciplinary methods, etc.

p

a)

postmodernism

b)

existentialism

c)

Eastern philosophy

d)

pragmatism

80.

In this philosophy of education, analysts prefer to focus on clarifying the language and concepts rather than providing specific educational aims and methods.

a)

postmodernism

b)

analytic philosophy

c)

existentialism

d)

none of the aforementioned

81.

One of the criticisms hurled against this philosophy of education is its lack of sensitivity or consideration for the broader social, cultural, and political contexts in which education occurs.

a)

Eastern philosophy

b)

analytical philosophy

c)

existentialism

d)

pragmatism

82.

This philosophy of education is at its core deeply focused on technical precision and logical clarity that is underemphasizes ethical and moral dimensions.

a)

analytical philosophy

b)

existential

c)

phenomenological

d)

postmodernism

83.

In analytic philosophy of education, what is the primary purpose of defining a concept like "knowledge" in the curriculum?

a)

To connect knowledge to a metaphysical ideal.

b)

To understand knowledge as a product of social interactions.

c)

To clarify its meaning through logical analysis for educational purposes.

d)

To ensure knowledge is culturally relevant for all students.

84.

Question: An educator states, "Effective teaching can be precisely defined as the process that leads to measurable student outcomes." An analytic philosopher of education would most likely critique this statement by:

a)

Arguing that education is a political process, not a technical one.

b)

Questioning the assumed relationship between "teaching" and "measurable student outcomes."

c)

Highlighting that there is n o single definition of "effective."

d)

Proposing that teaching must be defined by student well-being, not outcomes.

85.

Which of these qualities is central to the idealistic view of ultimate values?

a)

Wealth

b)

Power

c)

Truth, Beauty, and Goodness

d)

Physical strength

86.

A teacher who emphasizes the importance of students finding their own inner potential and spiritual growth is practicing what philosophy?

a)

Reaslim

b)

Pragmatism

c)

Idealism

d)

Reconstructionism

87.

2. In an Idealist classroom, what is the primary role of the teacher?

a)

A facilitator who encourages students to discover their own answers.

b)

A supervisor for manual and physical tasks.

c)

A lecturer and a moral and intellectual guide.

d)

A trainer for specific industrial skills.

88.

3. Which of the following teaching methods is most consistent with Idealism?

a)

Learning by doing and hands-on projects.

b)

Emphasis on rote memorization.

c)

Lecture, discussion, and the Socratic method.

d)

Experimentation and empirical research.

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